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- The Fulton County special grand jury has issued several subpoenas to members of Trump's legal team.
- Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, legal adviser John Eastman, and Sen. Lindsay Graham all got subpoenas.
- Fulton County DA Fani Willis is investigating Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results.
The Fulton County special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump and his alleged attempt to overturn the presidential election results in Georgia has issued subpoenas to several members of Trump's legal team including his attorney Rudy Giuliani, according to court filings first reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Other members of Trump's legal advisers that received a subpoena are John Eastman, Kenneth Chesbro, Cleta Mitchell, and Jenna Ellis. Each of these individuals advised the former president on legal strategies to try and overturn the 2020 presidential election results on the basis of widespread allegations that proved baseless and failed repeated legal challenges.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham and Jacki Pick Deason, a podcast host, also received subpoenas to testify before the special grand jury.
According to a court filing that disclosed the subpoenas, Graham asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about "reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome" for Trump."
Raffensperger told CNN in November 2020 that Graham had inquired about throwing away mail-in ballots in certain counties. Graham has denied wrongdoing and said his conversation with Raffensperger was "very pleasant."
The Justice Department has separately issued subpoenas looking for information about Eastman, Giuliani, Ellis, and Chesebro for information about a plot from the Trump legal team to bring a slate of "alternate" electors who would hand Trump an electoral victory even though he lost.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
source https://www.businessinsider.com/grand-jury-subpoenas-rudy-giuliani-georgia-attempt-overturn-election-results-2022-7